Goixtainee



F. WESTERBECK.

CONTAINER. APPLXCATIO'FILED )LILY i3, 19l4.

Patented Dee. 28, 1915.

FREDERICK WESTERBEC, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CONTAIN Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.'-

Applieaton filed July 13, 1914. Serial No. 850,631.

To all 107mm it may concern.'

Be it known that 1,. FREDERICK VVESTER- BECK, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, a resident of the city of St. Louis, State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin-Containers, of which the following is a. full, clear, and

exact description, reference'being had to the' forming apa-rt oflaccompanying drawings, this specilication.

My invention relates to containers, and it has for its object theproduction of a strong, simple, inexpensive, and very etticient means bywhich the lids of such boxes or cans maybe readily separated from thebodies to which they are fitted. The improvement is more particularlyintended for use in containers for shoe blackening or polish, but it maybe used in boxes cans or other receptacles designed to hold variousother materials.

Figure I is a side elevation of a box provided with my lid liftingdevice. Fig. II is an enlarged vertical section taken through the lidlifting device, a portion of the box being broken away. Fig III is anenlarged vertical section showing the inside of the box and lid and thelever arms at the inner end of the lid lifting device.v Fig. IV is anenlarged fragmentary horizontal section taken through the lid, andshowing the upper edge of the box body which lies directly below thelever arms of the lid lifting device. In the accompanying drawings: ldesignates the body of a. sheet metal box and 2 the lid of said box. Toprovide for the application of mv lid lifting device, I preferablyproduce in the flange of the bo-X lid a perforation around which is acircu` lar neck 3 which is to serve as a bearing and may be produced bypunching a portion of the flange inwardl My lid lifting devicepreferably comprises a single wire-like member, preferablv substantiallysemi-circular in crosssection (Fig. II) bent to form a loop-shapedhandle 4 at the exterior of the lid. and doubled intermediate its endsto produce a substantially circular stem 5 which passes through the neck3, the end portions of said wire-like member being bent laterally, awayfrom each other, and backwardly toward the lid to overlie the upper edgeof the box body. The lever arms 6, formed at the end portions of the lidlifting device, preferably lie directly opposite each other so that thelid may be released from the box body by turning the handle 4 in eitherdirection. The ends of the lever arms 6,0verlapping the upper edge ofthe box body, are arranged Within an'annular groove 7 formed in theinner face of the flange of the sheet metal lid. This annular groove 7is formed concentric withv the. axis of the stem 5 to receive the pairof lever arms 6,- Which move about said axis. The annular bead 8,produced in forming the annular groove 7, serves as a seat for thehandle 4, while the wall of said annular groove serves as a seat for thelever arms 6 which extend over the upper edge of the box body. Thestrong and simple lid lifting device is thus firmly secured to the lid,and the pair of lever arms 6 are located where they will positivelyengage the upper edge of the box body when the handle 4 isturned ineither direction. Further, either lever arm is adapted to ride againstthe wall of the annular groove 7 while the other lever arm is serving topry-the lid'l from the box body,

-ther'ebv preventing canting of the lever which is lifting the lid ofthe box.

1. The combination with a box body and a lid fitted to said body, of asingle piece lid lifting device comprising a handle at the exterior ofsaid lid, and a stem extending from said handle through said lid. saidstem being provided at its inner end with a pair of divergent lever armsbent laterally, away from each other, and baclrwardly toward lsfiil lidto overlie the upper edge of the box 2. The combination with a box bodyand a lid fitted to said body, of a single piece lid lifting devicecomprising a handle at the exterior of said lid, and a stem, circular incross section. extending from said handle through said lid, said stembeing provided at its inner end with a pair of divergent lever arms bentlaterally, away from each other, and backwardly toward said lid tooverlie the upper edge of the box body.

3. The combination with a box body and a lid fitted to said body, of alid lifting device comprising a single wire-like member, semicircular incross section, bent to form a loop handle at the exterior of said lidand doubled intermediate its ends to produce a stem which passes throughthe lid, and lever arms formed by the end portions of said wire-likemember, said lever arms being bent lfmny, 'may ffm-eachother, and-"-backwardly toward said lid to overl'i'e the upper edge of the boxbndy 4.The combination with a box body and a. lid fitted to said body, of a lidlifting'i df-f vice comprising a handle at?. the exterior of theli-d, aster-Ieifediiigirom said'handle'" through said lid, and a leverarm-extending:

laterally and backwardly from the inner end on said stern to oyerlie theupper edge oftheA boxbody, thelid being provided Wit-lra-circularigroove adapted lto receive the-fend of said lever arm. E

5l. "l'he comb-inationfwixb-a box body Vand a lidiv .fitted tosaidbody,- of a lid liitingkdevioecompnisingja. hand-le-at,.-theexterion ofthe:

lid, a.- stem.'4v extending from said: handle: tlwqughfsagid lid,- and alever xarr'n:.bent flatelv all-y andPbaelcwardlyfroni the inner: end ofsaidqsiSen-i-4 to overlie Vthe upper edge of the- "other, and backwardlytoward said lid to 'triowitby the axis of said stern and adapted'to-receivetlie ends of said pair of-lver arms.

7. The;:coxnbinaton with a box body and a lid tted to said body, of alid lifting de- Vice comprising a. single. Wire-like member,substantially *semLcirCular `in: creeis-section bentf-tolf-rma; handlelat the exterior; ofthe lid-:1nd doubled intermediate' its endemoproduce ai 'Substantially cireulars ter'n'; which passes-wthmouglr the,lid-,n and-- -levefV arms formedsby the end -port-ionsof'said singlewireflke ,member, Said lever `arms' being bent laterally, ama-y -frormahother, and: baclp wardly'towrd said lid to overli-e-fthewupper edgeeither box body,- .a portionf-,ofsaid-Iid being bent-inwardly! to form@substantially cineular-A bearing-:for- 'saidrfslbsbantillyl cil' cularstem; mdf 'the :inerfce-.oif said- -lid- :beingl pnofidedfwth.anlannuler move-.garraniged'ooncentnio withsbh'e axis@ saidsbem anddpfedz tozrecevehefends of saidvlever armsfor .ht-hef :pur-spose'described.; g

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